Kate DiCamillo Quotes

What is?', he said. 'What if?' is a question that belongs to magic.

But I'm not ready to let Winn-Dixie go.

You can't always judge people by the things they done. You got to judge them by what they are doing now.

Men and boys always want to go fight. They are always looking for a reason to go to war. It is the saddest thing. They have this abiding notion that war is fun. And no history lesson will convince them differently.

He felt a wonderful certainty. The impossible, he thought, the impossible is about to happen again.

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.

Edward knew what it was like to say over and over again the names of those you had left behind. He knew what it was like to miss someone. And so he listened. And in his listening, his heart opened wide and then wider still. (page 103)

Besides, who ever asked you what you wanted in this world, girl?The answer to that question, reader, as you well know, was absolutely no one.

The world is dark, and light is precious.Come closer, dear reader.You must trust me.I am telling you a story.

But that is impossible," said Peter."Magic is always impossible," said the magician. "It begins with the impossible and ends with the impossible and is impossible in between. That is why it is magic.

She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble

Once upon a time," he said out loud to the darkness. He said these words because they were the best, the most powerful words that he knew and just the saying of them comforted him.

I love your round head,the brilliant green,the watching blue,these letters,this world, you.I am very, very hungry.

It occurred to her that nobody really knew what anybody else was upset about, and that seemed like a terrible thing.

There is nothing worse than war in the summetime.